Rorty
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 posted on 4/6/04 at 08:07 AM |
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Cortina/Taurus suspension.
Can anyone please help with any of the following queries?
1/ Is the Mk. 4 & 5 Cortina front suspension is the same as any of the U.S. Taurus front suspensions?
2/ If so, which years match?
3/ What are the dimensions of the Cortina/Taurus steering rack?
4/ What's the standard Cortina/Taurus wheel offset?
5/ What's the Cortina/Taurus front track measurement?
I also require similar info in relation to Ford's Mustang. If anyone's a Mustang expert from over there I'd really appreciate some
guidance.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
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andkilde
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| posted on 4/6/04 at 01:17 PM |
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Hi Rorty
AFAIK Cortina and Taurus are unrelated. Taurus is a front driver, struts all round.
There was a "Taunus" way back in the early 60's -- British built, never caught on in the US market and only had a very short run.
I've never seen one in the flesh but from pictures they look Cortina-like.
Cheers, Ted
[Edited on 4/6/04 by andkilde]
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 4/6/04 at 02:08 PM |
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my understanding is that the Taunus WAS the european version of the mk4/5 cortina
look on this page
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~hoo727/cars.html
there is a pic link of a taunus that is a ringer for a mk4/5
I know for a fact that the Taurus was made in the 90s in USA and may still be a live model name. A mid 90s model is the same as the uk
'frog' scorpio of the same time
atb
steve
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Rorty
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| posted on 5/6/04 at 02:27 AM |
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Taunus! I was close but have obviously been mixing the two names up. Thanks for the info.
I would still really like the info on the Cortina items if anyone has access to one.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
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jcduroc
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| posted on 5/6/04 at 11:44 PM |
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Hi Rorty
Taunus was the "Continental European" brand for Fords in the 60ies-80ies.
Cortinas were made in UK in Mk1 & 2 form; from Mk3 onwards they were made in UK under Cortina name and in Germany under Taunus name.
Up to Mk 5 (last of the breed) they are all RWD but Mk1 &2 Cortinas were front struts and Mk3 to 5 were front double wishbone. All had rigid back
axles.
Taurus (from what I understand) is an American Ford model, FWD, which has (BTW) very nice alu uprights (knuckes or whatecer) very suitable to be used
in the rear.
Cheers
Joćo
JCM
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Steve Hnz
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| posted on 6/6/04 at 04:13 AM |
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Rorty, Can`t help with the other stuff but I can tell you that the Mk3-5 Cortina 5.5" wheels were ET38, been there, measured them. Cheers,
Steve.
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Rorty
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| posted on 6/6/04 at 08:02 AM |
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Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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